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British Museum breaks record for ticket sales as visitors flock to see Bayeux Tapestry

More than £2.5 million was generated in a single day of ticket sales, the British Museum said

The Independent UK

Bayeux Tapestry in London: up to nine-hour wait to book tickets

The British Museum website, where the tapestry will be on display from September 2026 to July 2027, has attracted tens of thousands of visitors keen to buy tickets.

Euronews

Bayeux tapestry tickets generate nine-hour online queues as public scramble for access

Reports say up to 80,000 people waiting by mid-afternoon for chance to see historic artwork at British Museum

The Guardian - UK

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Ancient Egypt: Magic and Medicine – a brilliant exhibition showing the power of learning through artefacts

The exhibition Ancient Egypt: Magic and Medicine in the Swansea University Egypt Centre is unusual as there are just two ancient objects on display. One is a limestone fragment that was used like scrap paper to write or draw on. On this fragment, a man has written asking a magician…

The Conversation

British Museum issues warning as tens of thousands scramble for tickets for Bayeux Tapestry

Tickets went on sale today for the hugely-anticipated Bayeux Tapestry exhibition which will will run from September 10 until July 2027

Evening Standard

Secrets of Stonehenge and other ancient sites unlocked for the summer solstice

The story of Stonehenge starts around 5,000 years ago. But its famous old stones, some of which were transported all the way from south-west Wales to Wiltshire, are just part of the story.

The Conversation

Reports of the blockbuster exhibition’s death are premature as Tate’s Kahlo show breaks ticket record

Recent Van Gogh show was National Gallery’s most popular ever and British Museum gears up for arrival of Bayeux tapestry

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British Museum director defends decision to postpone Jewish lecture

Nicholas Cullinan says cultural institutions ‘caught between opposing political pressures’ after row over event

The Guardian - UK

Visitors evacuated from British Museum after security scare

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The Independent UK

British Museum evacuated after ‘suspicious device’ discovered in toilet

The museum cancelled a lecture on ancient Israel this week due to security concerns

The Independent UK

British Museum postpones Jewish culture month lecture over protest fears

Decision draws criticism from some commentators and free speech advocates as well as Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch

The Guardian - UK

British Museum says Jewish event back on after being accused of 'appeasing antisemites'

Historian Simon Schama, veteran BBC journalist John Simpson and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch criticised the decision to put back a Jewish Culture Month event to a later date because of concerns it would be disrupted by activists

Evening Standard

British Museum lecture for Jewish Culture Month postponed over protest fears

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The Independent UK

British Museum postpones lecture on ancient Israel over security concerns

British Museum says a ‘significant proportion’ of attendees intendedly to deliberately disrupt the event

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Evening Standard

Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum: How to get tickets and what do they cost?

The iconic tapestry opened to the public on Thursday, September 10 - here’s what you need to know

The Guardian - UK

Ittai Gradel obituary

Dealer in antiquities who discovered large-scale thefts from the collections of the British Museum

International Business Times UK

Historic 400-Year-Old Shakespeare Family Home Declared at Risk After Vehicle Reverses Into Building

Hall's Croft, a Shakespearean heritage site, faces a £10 million restoration after a vehicle collision exposed its fragile state, highlighting the challenges of preserving historic buildings.

The Guardian - UK

Antiquities dealer who exposed thefts at British Museum dies aged 61

Ittai Gradel died of renal cancer days after museum awarded him medal for ‘very significant contribution’

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Natural History Museum is UK's most visited tourist attraction with record 7.1m visitors in 2025

The attraction, home to everything from dinosaur skeletons to gemstones, has overtaken the British Museum to claim the top spot

Evening Standard

Maxine Peake among 200 figures urging British Museum to support Palestine

The letter comes amid reports that the museum has removed the word ‘Palestine’ from several of its gallery displays.

The Independent UK

UK’s free museums are in trouble. Should tourists start paying?

IN FOCUS: Visitors to London’s galleries and museums can see some of the finest artworks in the world without paying a penny – but for how much longer? Annabel Nugent explores the fraught debate about who should foot the bill for keeping them free of charge

The Independent UK

How a brazen thief stole 300 pieces of art from the British Museum

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The Independent UK

British Museum staff member stole over 300 pieces of art before being caught red-handed

Former employee smuggled out and sold hundreds of prints during the early 1990s, new book reveals

The Independent UK

British Museum announces ticket sales details for Bayeux Tapestry exhibition: ‘A truly once-in-a-lifetime experience’

It could become one of the museum's most popular attractions ever

The Independent UK

London now hit with more than 300 suspected cases in measles outbreak, leaked report shows

Exclusive: Leaked report reveals 34 confirmed measles cases in London were associated with just one school

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